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Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by jiepsie, Feb 9, 2007.

  1. jiepsie

    jiepsie New Member

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    First snow here yesterday. Granted, it was only 2 inches or so. After all the stories of Prius going nowhere in snow, I wondered what was going to happen. I'm happy to say, the car did fine. Pushing the gas pedal down hard (in a quiet, snow covered street) resulted in a very decent acceleration and a orange light flickering in the dash. Actually much better than any car I've ever driven in snow before. Braking and cornering was fine too, like there was no snow. I guess the Michelin Alpin PA2 snow tires helped more than a bit.
     
    #1 jiepsie, Feb 9, 2007
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(lowlander @ Feb 9 2007, 03:33 AM) [snapback]387340[/snapback]</div>
    I agree and I've got the original tyres. Same snow here. About 3 inches.
     
    #2 Oxo, Feb 9, 2007
  3. Bill Merchant

    Bill Merchant absit invidia

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    See, you Europeans always get better cars... :p
     
    #3 Bill Merchant, Feb 10, 2007
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    I live in california, took mine out to yosemite last year, original tires with about 10k miles on them. Drove around in the snow for a while. There wasn't a lot of snow, a couple inches or so. Car did fine. Mileage goes down a little, but the car is heavy enough to drive in the snow decently.
     
    #4 benandersen, Feb 10, 2007
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